One of Ray Bradbury’s classic stories – available in ebook for the first time.On Halloween night, eight trick-or-treaters gather at the haunted house by the edge of town, ready for adventure. But when Something whisks their friend Pip away, only one man – the sinister Carapace Clavicle Moundshroud – can help the boys find him.A classic tale of horror and adventure from the master of storytelling, …
One of Ray Bradbury’s classic short story collections, available in ebook for the first time.In this book you will meet: a Hollywood monster-maker whose Tyrannosaurus Rex suddenly becomes alarmingly lifelike; a boy who raises giant mushrooms in his cellar – until the mushrooms begin to raise him; a corpse who supports his wife and family; a circus fat lady whose midget husband has tattooed every i…
For the first time ever, all four books in the Squire Quartet collected in one volume.Set during the last years of the Cold War, and spanning the duration of Thatcher’s Britain, The Squire Quartet follows the political, professional and private adventures of a group of linked characters. It is a vivid fictional portrait of Britain’s recent history.All four volumes – Life in the West, Forgotten Lif…
The Strange Bird – from Jeff VanderMeer, author of Annihilation – expands and weaves deeply into the world of his ‘thorough marvel’ (Colson Whitehead) of a novel, Borne.The Strange Bird is a new kind of creature – she is part bird, part human, part many other things. But now the lab in which she was created is under siege and the scientists have turned on their animal creations.But, even if she es…
One of Ray Bradbury’s classic short story collections, available in ebook for the first time.THE TOYNBEE CONVECTOR is a brilliant short story collection from one of the genre’s master storytellers. Several of the stories are original to this collection. Others originally appeared in the magazines Playboy, Omni, Gallery, Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Woman's Day, and Weird Tales.Bradbury display…
Aldiss’ acclaimed 1979 essay collection reissued for the first time in over thirty years.Most of the arts – architecture, music, painting, cinema – come under review in this thought-provoking collection of essays first published in 1979.Aldiss writes here with characteristic humour the complex unity of art and science which forms the inner mystery of science fiction, and reveals new aspects whilst…
Ray Bradbury’s first ever poetry collection, available in ebook for the first time.Carried into strange and enticing realms by his fantastic stories, the multitudes of his admirers have never doubted that the author of Dandelion Wine, The Martian Chronicles, and other uniquely imaginative works of short and long fiction is a poet. But, even so, the intensity of feeling, the imaginative range, the …
One of Ray Bradbury’s classic poetry collections, available in ebook for the first time.Ray Bradbury writes of childhood, Melville, and God as well as space launchings and other-world things in this second collection of his poems.
Действие происходит в 1980-е годы в Америке альтернативного мира. Американское общество развалилось из-за нехватки продовольствия, нехватки топлива, расовых волнений и множества других проблем. Однако группа людей намеревается сбежать на другую планету и начать там новую жизнь … если им удастся пересечь всю страну, запасаясь топливом и отбиваясь от бандитов, и добраться до космического корабля, пр…
Es la década de 1980 en una América alternativa. La sociedad estadounidense se ha desmoronado debido a la escasez de alimentos, la escasez de gasolina, disturbios raciales y otros diversos problemas. Un grupo de gente intenta escapar a otro planeta y empezar un nuevo mundo…si pueden hacerlo con seguridad a través de todo el país robando gas y luchando contra los bandidos para llegar al barco antes…
Wayne Corrigan y sus colegas de Sueños Dramáticos pueden emitir sueños directamente a tu mente mientras duermes. Pero cuando sucedió un fallo, Wayne tendrá que encontrar la manera de rescatar a decenas de miles de gente incluyendo a la mujer que ama con toda su alma arrebatando el control del Sueño de un genio loco. En un futuro cercano, la emisión de Sueños se ha convertido en el último medio de …
VOLUMI 3/3 Po sikur dhe ne, mos të ishim gjë tjetër veçse personazhe të thjeshtë të një romani spektakular të titulluar ”Njeriu”? Në këtë episod të tretë të serisë ”Aventurat e Azakisit dhe Petrit”, të dy miqtë tanë simpatikë të Nibirut do të duhet të përballen me një rrezik të llahtarshëm që vjen nga hapësira kozmike. Por këtë herë, forcat dhe teknologjia e tyre e jashtëzakonshme mund të mos jenë…
ZVÄZOK 2/3 Našej planéte hrozí katastrofa biblických rozmerov. Tentokrát však pozemšťania neostanú sami. Po ich boku stojí niekoľko obyvateľov planéty Nibiru, ktorí sa, riskujúc svoje životy, budú snažiť čeliť hrozným blížiacim sa prírodným silám. V tejto druhej časti príbehu s názvom „Dobrodružstvá Azakisa a Petriho“ budú musieť naši dvaja sympatickí mimozemšťania oprášiť všetky svoje skúsenosti …
Preparatevi a un viaggio di settecento anni nel futuro. Vittima del proprio sovrappopolamento e degrado morale, il mondo conosciuto come Terra è stato ormai dimenticato. Voi predecessori avete conosciuto solo l'estremità di questa nave chiamata Cicala. A bordo di questa nave sono vissute e perite generazioni. Ha svolto bene il suo compito, e trasporta un carico prezioso. E' la culla dell'umanità, …
It is known that people have accepted a plethora of injustice and impositions during the human History. Often, we give for granted that our society is improving day after day. What if we are utterly wrong? For this reason, a man does not accept the rules, and his only hope is running away. The main problem with the world depicted in this story is that it has turned itself into a legalized monstros…